1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,573 --> 00:00:11,933 Speaker 1: from News Talks atb. 3 00:00:12,693 --> 00:00:16,853 Speaker 2: It's twenty five past ten, which means it's screen time time. 4 00:00:17,653 --> 00:00:20,413 Speaker 2: Tara Ward is our screen time expert, as her job 5 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:22,653 Speaker 2: to give us three shows each weekend to watch your 6 00:00:22,693 --> 00:00:23,253 Speaker 2: stream at home. 7 00:00:23,293 --> 00:00:25,093 Speaker 3: Hey Tara, good morning. 8 00:00:25,293 --> 00:00:28,853 Speaker 2: Okay, you got three cracking recommendations I reckon this morning. 9 00:00:28,893 --> 00:00:32,093 Speaker 2: So let's begin with the show streaming on Neon tell 10 00:00:32,173 --> 00:00:33,773 Speaker 2: Us about Choir Games. 11 00:00:34,413 --> 00:00:37,933 Speaker 3: Yeah. This is a really heartwarming new full part documentary 12 00:00:37,933 --> 00:00:40,973 Speaker 3: series that drops on Neon from tomorrow, and it's about 13 00:00:41,013 --> 00:00:44,333 Speaker 3: two choirs as they prepare for the World Choir Games, 14 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:46,933 Speaker 3: which were held in Auckland last year. One of the 15 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:49,533 Speaker 3: choirs is a youth choir from New York City which 16 00:00:49,613 --> 00:00:52,693 Speaker 3: is made up of teenagers who have had a tough 17 00:00:52,733 --> 00:00:55,213 Speaker 3: life or who are struggling a bit. And the other 18 00:00:55,293 --> 00:00:59,133 Speaker 3: choir is from Katya and as much smaller and very 19 00:00:59,213 --> 00:01:02,173 Speaker 3: much a local community choir. So it's following two very 20 00:01:02,173 --> 00:01:05,373 Speaker 3: different groups on their journey to the games. But what's 21 00:01:05,413 --> 00:01:08,653 Speaker 3: wonderful about this is that you see the similarities between 22 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:12,133 Speaker 3: the two groups and the way that singing gives people 23 00:01:12,133 --> 00:01:15,373 Speaker 3: in the choir a purpose and belonging in a sense 24 00:01:15,653 --> 00:01:18,573 Speaker 3: of pride. We watch them practice, we get to know 25 00:01:18,693 --> 00:01:21,533 Speaker 3: the singers, we see them compete, and you get to 26 00:01:21,613 --> 00:01:25,053 Speaker 3: understand why singing and why the choir is so important 27 00:01:25,093 --> 00:01:27,973 Speaker 3: to them. And there's something about watching people sing together 28 00:01:28,013 --> 00:01:31,613 Speaker 3: that always makes me feel emotional, and this documentary series 29 00:01:31,693 --> 00:01:36,413 Speaker 3: is channeling that. It captures that emotional power of people 30 00:01:36,413 --> 00:01:38,893 Speaker 3: coming together from all walks of life, all corners of 31 00:01:38,933 --> 00:01:42,093 Speaker 3: the globe. It's directed by Leanne Paulie, who also made 32 00:01:42,093 --> 00:01:45,133 Speaker 3: the Top Twins Untouchable Girls documentary. She made the Very 33 00:01:45,133 --> 00:01:48,773 Speaker 3: Adams documentary. So we're in really good hands here, and 34 00:01:49,013 --> 00:01:50,853 Speaker 3: I think because it's got those links to us here 35 00:01:50,853 --> 00:01:53,453 Speaker 3: in New Zealand. With that wonderful choir from Kataya, that 36 00:01:53,573 --> 00:01:56,413 Speaker 3: just makes this even more special and relatable. It's just 37 00:01:56,453 --> 00:01:58,733 Speaker 3: a really lovely, uplifting series. 38 00:01:59,213 --> 00:01:59,533 Speaker 1: Great. 39 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:01,773 Speaker 2: I cannot wait to see that. So that's Choir Game. 40 00:02:01,893 --> 00:02:05,893 Speaker 2: That's on Neon from tomorrow, streaming on Netflix. Tell Us 41 00:02:05,933 --> 00:02:07,413 Speaker 2: about the Four Seasons. 42 00:02:08,333 --> 00:02:11,973 Speaker 3: This is a new comedy starring Tina Fey and Steve Carrell. 43 00:02:12,013 --> 00:02:14,773 Speaker 3: It's a remake of an old film by Alan Alder, 44 00:02:14,893 --> 00:02:17,453 Speaker 3: and Tina Fey has remade it and written it with 45 00:02:18,293 --> 00:02:20,893 Speaker 3: a couple of other writers from thirty Rock, So you've 46 00:02:20,893 --> 00:02:23,293 Speaker 3: got some really good comedy bones here. And the show 47 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:27,373 Speaker 3: is about three married couples who have been friends for 48 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:30,173 Speaker 3: a long time for instance, college, and who meet up 49 00:02:30,213 --> 00:02:32,493 Speaker 3: four times a year for a week ind way together. 50 00:02:33,493 --> 00:02:36,133 Speaker 3: One of the couples decides to divorce after twenty five 51 00:02:36,213 --> 00:02:38,853 Speaker 3: years of marriage, and the series is about the fallout 52 00:02:39,053 --> 00:02:42,733 Speaker 3: fallout from that separation as the dynamics and the group 53 00:02:42,773 --> 00:02:45,973 Speaker 3: shift between the friends and family and lives change and 54 00:02:46,013 --> 00:02:50,813 Speaker 3: those sort of long howled unshakable relationships and friendships begin 55 00:02:50,893 --> 00:02:53,813 Speaker 3: to change over the next twelve months. It's a very 56 00:02:53,893 --> 00:02:57,213 Speaker 3: gentle warm kind of comedy, not necessarily that laugh out 57 00:02:57,213 --> 00:03:00,973 Speaker 3: loud kind of humor, but it's more sort of about 58 00:03:01,013 --> 00:03:06,693 Speaker 3: the wrye observations about getting older and relationships changing, trying 59 00:03:06,733 --> 00:03:08,773 Speaker 3: not to have a midlife crisis but having one. Anyway, 60 00:03:09,933 --> 00:03:12,333 Speaker 3: eight half hour episodes, this would be kind of a 61 00:03:12,453 --> 00:03:15,133 Speaker 3: very pleasant binge watch on a Sunday afternoon kind of show. 62 00:03:15,213 --> 00:03:15,413 Speaker 1: Yeah. 63 00:03:15,493 --> 00:03:18,333 Speaker 2: Nice, okay, cool, that's the four seasons. That's on Netflix 64 00:03:18,573 --> 00:03:20,653 Speaker 2: and on Apple TV plus currem. 65 00:03:21,773 --> 00:03:25,533 Speaker 3: Yeah. This is a very lively, opulent French drama that's 66 00:03:25,533 --> 00:03:27,653 Speaker 3: just that on Apple TV Plus, It's about it a 67 00:03:27,693 --> 00:03:31,133 Speaker 3: real life figure called Antonine Karamee who was effectively the 68 00:03:31,133 --> 00:03:35,053 Speaker 3: world's first celebrity chef back in the early eighteen hundreds. 69 00:03:35,053 --> 00:03:39,053 Speaker 3: He was French. He was born into poverty, but adopted 70 00:03:39,053 --> 00:03:43,093 Speaker 3: by a baker and became a talented pastry chef. He 71 00:03:43,173 --> 00:03:47,173 Speaker 3: made these incredible architectural cakes and desserts and wrote these 72 00:03:47,173 --> 00:03:50,773 Speaker 3: best selling cookbooks. He became very famous in a demand 73 00:03:50,813 --> 00:03:54,533 Speaker 3: and ended up cooking for Napoleon and so in the show, 74 00:03:54,653 --> 00:03:57,373 Speaker 3: Karamey is a bit of a rock star. He's got swagger, 75 00:03:57,493 --> 00:03:59,453 Speaker 3: he's got six appeal, he's a bit of a rebel. 76 00:04:00,413 --> 00:04:02,733 Speaker 3: The show does take a few historical liberties. He ends 77 00:04:02,813 --> 00:04:05,093 Speaker 3: up being a spy for Napoleon and the show but 78 00:04:05,773 --> 00:04:07,853 Speaker 3: you're kind of go along with it because it's that 79 00:04:07,933 --> 00:04:10,293 Speaker 3: kind of show. It's it's set in the eighteen hundreds. 80 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:14,093 Speaker 3: It feels very modern, it's very sumptuous and beautiful. You know, 81 00:04:14,133 --> 00:04:16,173 Speaker 3: it's a bit of a romp. It's a bit of fun. 82 00:04:16,733 --> 00:04:19,093 Speaker 3: If you love food and cooking and the stress of 83 00:04:19,093 --> 00:04:21,493 Speaker 3: a big kitchen, this has got all of that. If 84 00:04:21,533 --> 00:04:24,253 Speaker 3: you ever wish the Beer was set in revolutionary fronts. 85 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,533 Speaker 3: You know, this is all your dreams come true. It's 86 00:04:26,653 --> 00:04:29,013 Speaker 3: over the top but kind of wonderfully. 87 00:04:29,013 --> 00:04:33,453 Speaker 2: So okay, Well, you're very generous, Tara, because I called 88 00:04:33,493 --> 00:04:36,573 Speaker 2: it korem and you've immediately called it karame and you've 89 00:04:36,813 --> 00:04:39,213 Speaker 2: very quietly not corrected that, which is generous of you. 90 00:04:40,053 --> 00:04:42,293 Speaker 3: Well, I too called it kareem until I watched the show, 91 00:04:42,333 --> 00:04:45,173 Speaker 3: and then that's how they pronounce. I'm with you on 92 00:04:45,173 --> 00:04:45,453 Speaker 3: that one. 93 00:04:45,813 --> 00:04:48,493 Speaker 2: I'm just hope this with French as where the trick. Yeah, 94 00:04:48,493 --> 00:04:50,413 Speaker 2: they can be. They can be even when you're in 95 00:04:50,413 --> 00:04:52,733 Speaker 2: the broadcasting business. Hey, thank you. It does sound great. 96 00:04:52,733 --> 00:04:56,413 Speaker 2: The show sounds interesting, so thanking for that. Karamee is 97 00:04:56,453 --> 00:04:59,973 Speaker 2: streaming on Apple TV, plus the four seasons is on Netflix, 98 00:05:00,253 --> 00:05:03,213 Speaker 2: and Choir Games is on Neon from tomorrow. 99 00:05:04,213 --> 00:05:07,333 Speaker 1: For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Ta, listen live 100 00:05:07,373 --> 00:05:10,213 Speaker 1: to News Talks at b from nine am Saturday, or 101 00:05:10,293 --> 00:05:12,133 Speaker 1: follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.